Valerie Anastasio
vanastasio.bsky.social
Valerie Anastasio
@vanastasio.bsky.social
All the science and health-based actions are crippling.
There are so many fucked up things with the current administration that it's hard to focus on one but this recent move is basically a death sentence for the planet. I've been involved with more boots on the ground actions over the years than I can count and this really bums me out.
EPA reverses long-standing climate change finding, stripping its own ability to regulate emissions
The agency announced it is repealing its 2009 conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the Earth and endanger human health and well-being.
www.nbcnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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10/10 ICE protest sign
January 31, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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Sharing this amazing poem with the kind permission of the author. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
If They Call Me A Domestic Terrorist
This morning, I stumbled across an amazing poem by a wonderful man named Michael F.
open.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:49 AM
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Menopause is a natural stage of life that affects millions of women across the country.

But too many of us can’t access accurate information & care, leading to discomfort & health disparities.

With @demwomencaucus.bsky.social, I am urging HHS & FDA to strengthen & expand menopause research.
thehill.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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I don’t take corporate PAC money—no one should. On the 16th anniversary of Citizens United it’s long past time we get dark money out of politics once and for all.
January 22, 2026 at 1:25 AM
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“The system’s power comes not from its truth but from everyone’s willingness to perform as if it were true.”

Mark Carney explains how totalitarianism works.

The lesson couldn’t be more clear: do not obey in advance. That is how freedom erodes and dignity disappears.
January 21, 2026 at 7:46 AM
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fwiw this is the kind of stuff that is going to get us through, not playing rambo
Minneapolis and Saint Paul have basically mobilized into a war economy of mutual aid and non-violent defense. I’ve never seen anything like it, even during Covid. People who barely vote are guarding their schools from ICE and doing the shopping for neighbors in hiding.
This is so smart. I’m so impressed with all the different ways you’re helping your neighbors.
January 20, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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What a career! Geodesy is the science of determining the shape of the earth. Precise Orbit Determination requires an accurate geoid model of the gravitational field of the 🌍 . (Can be shape or density fluctuations.)
Dr West pioneered both POD & active radar measurements of ocean heights from space
January 20, 2026 at 2:19 AM
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I can’t believe we’re on the verge of WW3 because baby waah waah didn’t get his shiny
January 19, 2026 at 7:40 AM
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January 5, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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But the first old white moderate guy to break ranks with Team Don't Fight and figure out how to grab hold of a week's worth of news cycles is going to make a VERY big splash.
March 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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'russia can't occupy our hearts,' Zelensky says in Christmas address ⁠

"... We ask for peace for Ukraine.

We fight for it.

And we pray for it.

And we deserve it.

That every Ukrainian family may live in harmony."

www.president.gov.ua/en/news/priv...
Christmas Greeting by the President of Ukraine — Official website of the President of Ukraine
We mark Christmas in a difficult time. Sadly, not all of us are at home this evening. Sadly, not everyone still has a home. And sadly, not everyone is with us tonight. But despite all the suffering that Russia has brought, it is not capable of occupying or bombing what matters most. That is our Ukrainian heart, our faith in one another, and our unity.
www.president.gov.ua
December 25, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I'm down
ok time to start thinking about a New Year’s resolution I can tell everyone who asks if I have one. let’s go with listening to more full albums instead of just songs on shuffle
December 19, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Yay! Prime holiday baking background TV content!!
The first day of the #AKCNationalChampionship may be over, but the competition is just getting started. See you tomorrow for more dogs and more fun!

Watch all weekend long on AKC.tv 📺

#ThisIsAKC #DogsOfBlueSky #DogSky
December 13, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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can we skip to the part where the union dissolves or there’s a new constitutional convention or something this is exhausting
December 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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All I want for Christmas is for the worst people in the world to experience some consequences
December 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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🥳 @housing.boston.gov just cut the ribbon on the Logan Square Residencies in Hyde Park—a new 63-unit affordable housing community for adults ages 55 and up!
The City of Boston Celebrates the Grand Opening of the Logan Square Residences
www.boston.gov
December 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard
December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
I have a copy. Its really good.
Don't ask me how my current New Thing is going but here's my most recent and you can go to lifeisasacredtext.com to get my ongoing stuff
November 27, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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An 18-year dataset from the North Sea reveals that rogue waves are not freak accidents but particular products of ordinary swells stacking up—an insight that could make prediction possible
Dangerous Rogue Waves Aren’t Random—They’re Predictable
An 18-year dataset from the North Sea reveals that rogue waves are not freak accidents but particular products of ordinary swells stacking up—an insight that could make prediction possible
www.scientificamerican.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.

It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)
November 9, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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The more we learn about Zohran Mamdani's upbringing, the clearer it becomes that he owes everything to his connected, well-to-do parents.

by A.G. Sulzberger, Andrew Cuomo, Bill Ackman, and Donald Trump, Jr.
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM